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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 526

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: certain airport improvement contracts. (FE)

Airport Contracts Transportation department of — Administration

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill specifies that Department of Transportation contracts for improvements to airport facilities that are “qualified projects” may be “construction manager at risk contracts.” Under the bill, qualified projects are projects for the construction or improvement of a structure, and construction manager at risk contracts are contracts in which the construction manager agrees to complete the project within a guaranteed maximum price.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: B. Jacobson (R) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R)

2 cosponsors

Testin (R) , Tomczyk (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 6

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 4, Noes 2

Passed 4–2 Feb 3, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 4, Noes 2

Passed 4–2 Feb 3, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Knodl, Moses, Murphy and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk and Testin

  2. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Nov 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative B. Jacobson

  6. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  8. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  9. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1